Chapter 8 American History

What is the job of the President's cabinet? 

• settle arguements with other countries
• approve treaties
• give advice to the President
• protect people's rights

What did the Judiciary Act of 1789 do?

• set up the federal court system
• chose a chief justice
• set up Congress
• said the President could only serve twice

What job did Washington give to John Jay?

• Secretary of State
• Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
• Secretary of War
• Vice-President

How was Hamilton's money plan going to help people feel better about our government? 

• pay off debts
• add land west of the Mississippi
• set up a tariff to protect the South
• get Congress to pass Alien Law

Where is out country's capital built?

• Virginia
• Mexico
• Long Island
• District of Columbia

Why did Alexander Hamilton support making a National Bank?

• give more power to state banks
• raised money and made tarrifs not needed
• helped make the country's economy stable
• gave low-interest loans to farmers

Why was Washington's actions during the Whiskey Rebellion important?

• showed the new government could  enforce laws
• helped him get re-elected a 3rd time
• made frontier farmers stop growing so much grain
• stopped British from building more forts

Why do historians think Washington was a great President?

• He made the US a world power
• he set many examples (precedents) that are still followed today
• He ended the fights with the Native Americans
• He let all free men in the country vote

What is a tariff?

• group of advisors
• counting machine
• tax on imported goods
• national debt

Why were some people against the government paying off their bonds?

• many had already sold theirs to speculators
• people couldn't pay their taxes if they went up
• the Bank of the US was not allowed in the Constitution
• the government was doing okay without having them paid